First Video of NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter in Flight, Includes Takeoff and Landing (High-Res)

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In this video captured by NASA’s Perseverance rover, the agency's Ingenuity Mars Helicopter took the first powered, controlled flight on another planet on April 19, 2021.

The rover was parked at “Van Zyl Overlook,” about 211 feet (64.3 meters) away in Mars' Jezero Crater and chronicled the flight operations with its cameras.

These images from the rover’s Mastcam-Z cameras show the helicopter hovering above the Red Planet's surface. During this first flight, the helicopter climbed to an altitude of 10 feet (3 meters), hovered, and then touched back down on the surface of Mars.

Ingenuity is a technology demonstration. The 4-pound (1.8-kilogram) rotorcraft will help determine whether future explorations on Mars could include an aerial perspective.

Perseverance touched down at "Octavia E. Butler Landing" with Ingenuity attached to its belly on Feb. 18, 2021. The helicopter was deployed to the surface on April 3.

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS

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That's Mars, man. That's another world we're looking at, and flying helicopters on. Sci-fi's desensitised us a bit, but can we take a moment to appreciate how incredible this is?

alulim

This is proof that when we put our mind to it, we can do anything. All it takes is some Perseverance and Ingenuity.

recoil

When things get too heavy in this world, we can all take comfort in knowing there is a tiny helicopter on mars

walrusArmageddon

Just as the world gets really weird, NASA comes along and pulls this whole mission off. The flying crane, the rover, the helicopter. Bravo!

bnadvornik

One little leap for a helicopter robot...one massive round of applause to all you guys on the Mars helicopter team for making this a reality!...this made my day a lot better ❤️🚀

Garethasaurus

I like how we managed to fly a drone on another planet, with such high quality camerawork that it looks like we can go out and step onto the surface of Mars, but the bank security cameras still have a maximum of 4 pixels on the dudes uncovered face.

happymanadventures

I was not old enough to see the Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk. But I get to see this. Congratulations to all the NASA staff.

AthenaSaints

Everywhere you go, there is some clown with a drone. :-D

TheJapanChannelDcom

I've seen the first step on the moon by Neal Armstrong and know the first flight of a little helicopter on Mars. These are great times to live in

Feliscatis

This literally brings tears to my eyes. Powered flight on another planet. Simply incredible.

JohnMalik

"One small jump for a mini helicopter, but a giant leap for autonomous drone warfare"

adeleahmad

HISTORY! And we have witnessed it. Incredible achievment.

joelpetersen

Fun fact : a piece of cloth from original wright brothers flyer was stuck underneath ingenuity’s solar panel

kushalamruthraj

116 years ago, we stumbled around trying to figure out flight. Today we can design an aircraft that operates in an environment we have never physically been to. Rather amazing that it could be achieved on a planet with such thin atmosphere. Those JPL nerds in Pasadena are something else. Kudos to all of them. They do the amazing decade after decade.

I wonder if this might present a new way to softly land payloads on Mars for future missions.

opieg

That is absolutely amazing that it is able to fly in the ultra thin atmosphere of Mars. Hopefully we'll see one on Titan at some point in the future.

cblizz

It's amazing that a helicopter can fly at 1% the atmosphere of earth. Truly remarkable

kapybara

This is unbelievable. Congrats to everyone who worked on this project and couldn't celebrate until earlier this morning. WE WERE HERE DURING THIS HISTORIC EVENT AND IT'S THANKS TO YOU !!!!

_benzer

*I can't believe we've reached that far! Mankind, WE did it!* 💪👍

AAvfx

We're so lucky to live during this historical moment.

noelradhakrishnan

I'm glad this first test wasn't a failure. That would have been a crushing disappointment for the team that designed Ingenuity. Good job, people!

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